Dome, Sweet Dome
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freightcar2
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Very nice. Gotta get my wallet out soon for that. :udrool:
freightcar2
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I would be very surprised if it is (oh, that's three words with 'i' in a row!!:hehe
released for free. 
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Guys, it's under freeware announcements
Magicland, those look FANTASTIC! Definitely can't wait!
Recommendation here, most midwest railroads(namely IC, perhaps others) painted the ends of the dome to reduce heat...maybe you could do that with these. I'll try to find which others did it
Magicland, those look FANTASTIC! Definitely can't wait!
Recommendation here, most midwest railroads(namely IC, perhaps others) painted the ends of the dome to reduce heat...maybe you could do that with these. I'll try to find which others did it
freightcar2
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Guys, it's under freeware announcements
Er...what? This is the screenshots board, not the FA board.
I guess I can't read...or I'm blind:hehe:robbiehanson
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Ooooooooooops....Er...what? This is the screenshots board, not the FA board.
That's what comes from having five tabs open in Firefox from both sections
A dome car may or may not show up as freeware. This particular one is slated for the "North Coast Limited", which, believe it or not, has been in the planning stages since long before the "Broadway Limited" or the "20th Century Limited" were conceived. My early attempts at a dome car either ran afoul of Trainz alpha Z buffer bug or ended up WAY too poly heavy for those early versions of Trainz. Checking my reference sources, I've got to change the seat colors (should be brown in the car, and aqua in the dome), and of course, as this is the coach version of the dome, I've still got to make NP's sleeper domes, but things are rolling along, finally. Hmm... if I stretch the dome compartment, a GN "Great Dome" shouldn't be too difficult. Do I hear "Empire Builder" too? Run that baby up over Maria's pass...
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Great dome?
YES!
Full length domes are absolutely freakin' awesome
YES!
Full length domes are absolutely freakin' awesome
YES. The Empire Builder is ALWAYS a good idea. :udrool: :udrool: :udrool:
freightcar2
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Yup, sure is. And take your time!
Just for fun...
Just put a full dome on the dome coach and threw a GN coach skin on it. Not as easy as it sounds, as the dome coach is 15'10", and the full dome is only 15'6" high, the center roof section is wider, there's one less row of panes of glass on each side, etc..., but it gives a slight impression of how it would look.
While I'm doing "just for fun" stuff...
Not my model, so I can't distribute it, but I'm betting I can replicate it with a lot less polys (this was made in sketchup and imported into Max) using this as a "blueprint".
Just put a full dome on the dome coach and threw a GN coach skin on it. Not as easy as it sounds, as the dome coach is 15'10", and the full dome is only 15'6" high, the center roof section is wider, there's one less row of panes of glass on each side, etc..., but it gives a slight impression of how it would look.
While I'm doing "just for fun" stuff...
Not my model, so I can't distribute it, but I'm betting I can replicate it with a lot less polys (this was made in sketchup and imported into Max) using this as a "blueprint".
No, the current one. For a REAL nice model of the original: http://www.digitalcentrality.com/Yankee_Stadium/
Way too many polys for Trainz, but impressive as hell!
Way too many polys for Trainz, but impressive as hell!
freightcar2
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Noooooo. That's so impressive, too bad it's not for trainz and too hi-poly. Even if it WAS for Trainz, my computer would spit, sputter and die.
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